Tick-borne transmission of two genetically distinct Anaplasma marginale strains following superinfection of the mammalian reservoir host

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4066-4070

  Leverich, Christina K ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a   Knowles Jr , Donald P ^b   Brayton, Kelly A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SUPERINFECTION; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; MALE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUPERINFECTION; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 51949108864     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00594-08     Document Type: Article

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